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"Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood Anderson

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Winesburg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson game quiz
"If you've read this great work by the minor American author, this quiz should be a breeze for you."

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1. Anderson based the town of Winesburg, Ohio on his hometown of Clyde, Ohio.
    True
    False


2. The first story is an introduction which is not actually included in the collection that makes up "Winesburg, Ohio." What is this story called?
    The Book of the Dying
    The Book of the Grotesque
    The Last Poem
    The Writer is Dying


3. The stories are unrelated except that they all occur in the same town.
    True
    False


4. The second story in the book is titled "Paper Pills." What are these "paper pills?"
    Lies the doctor wrote down after being told them by citizens
    Truths scribbled on scraps of paper and stuffed into the doctor's pocket
    A placebo
    Truths scribbled down and stuffed into the doctor's desk


5. What is the name of the local paper which George works for?
    Answer: (Three Words; the town and a bird)


6. Who is the subject of the chapter "The Teacher?"
    Wing Biddlebaum
    Helen White
    Belle Carpenter
    Kate Swift


7. One of the stories sees Enoch Robinson off to art school in New York. He does not do well socially there and ends up keeping company with the drawings on his apartment walls. What is this story called?
    Answer: (1 word)


8. Because Winesburg, Ohio was published in 1919, there are no stories involving sex or violence.
    True
    False


9. In the story, "The Strength of God," who is the townsperson who peeps into Kate Swift's window at night?
    Reverend Hartman
    George Willard
    Tom Foster
    Doctor Parcival


10. Who dies in the story entitled "Death?"
    Tom Willard
    Tandy Hard
    Dr. Reefy
    Elizabeth Willard


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